Iñaki Azkuna, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Iñaki Azkuna

Spanish politician

Date of Birth: 14-Feb-1943

Place of Birth: Durango, Biscay, Basque Country, Spain

Date of Death: 20-Mar-2014

Profession: physician, politician, cardiologist

Nationality: Spain

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Iñaki Azkuna Urreta (14 February 1943 – 20 March 2014) was a Spanish politician of the Basque Nationalist Party.
He was mayor of the city of Bilbao, Biscay in the Basque Country, from 1999 until his death.
In 2012, Azkuna won the World Mayor Prize, honoring the most outstanding mayors in the world, for his transformation of industrial Bilbao into a cultural centre.Azkuna died from prostate cancer on 20 March 2014 in Bilbao, Biscay.
He was 71 years old.